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Article: Research in the area of granuloma reported from University of Catania.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- November 18, 2009
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"The increasing use of injectable fillers has been increasing the occurrence of disfiguring anaerobic infection or granulomas. This study presents two types of laser-assisted evacuation of filler material and inflammatory and necrotic tissue that were used to treat disfiguring facial nodules after different types of gel fillers," researchers in Catania, Italy report (see also Granuloma).
"Infectious lesions after hydrogels were drained using a lithium triborate laser at 532 nm, with subsequent removal of infected gel and pus (laser assisted evacuation). Granuloma after gels containing microparticles were treated using an 808-nm diode laser using intralesional ...